The Sunday Oregonian., February 28, 1909, SECTION FOUR, Page 8, Image 44

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FIRST AUTO SIW
IS NEARLY READY
Interest of Manufacturers In
dicates Exhibition Will
Be Success.
PORTLAND NEEDS FACTORY
Opportunity for Branch Manufac
tory In Pacific Northwest Trans
continental Kac-e to Be
Run This Summer.
Only a wk from next Monday to the
Automobile Show at the Armory. Activ
ity is at its height now In the work of
preparing for the exhibition, and the
management is adding new features al
most every day.
The list of exhibitors and demonstrators
will Include experts famous In automo
blUng annals, and visitors will have the
opportunity of a life-time In the tests and
displays which will be afforded of the
powers of high-grade motor cars. "
On account of the great demand for
space on the part of the manufacturers
and dealers, t.ie exhibit of sporting goods,
etc., which had at first been contem
plated, has been abandoned. Indeed, the
problem of space has been one which has
tlven the management of the show the
most difficulty in handling the exhibition,
' and the hope is expressed that at the
I next occasion of the kind there may be
more room. '
Everything will be In readiness for the
opening on the afternoon of March 8. and
a big attendance is confidently expected.
As the first Automobile Sdiow given here,
It will enable prospective purchasers to
see for themselves the different first
class motors under one roof, and give
them a chance to make selections with
satisfaction to themselves.
It may surprise the uninitiated to know
that there are In the neighborhood of
75 manufacturers of automobiles In the
United States alone. The business has
forgsd ahead wonderfully, and both in
cars for touring and for commercial and
professional use the demand has still
kept ahead of the producing powers of
the manufactories.
What Portland needs is the establish
ment of a branch of one of the standard
factories right here at our doors. The
demand Is here In the Pacific Northwest
and :lie advantages of Portland as a man
ufacturing and distributing point are man
ifest. The difference In additional freight
charges from Eastern manufatories is a
considerable item In favor of building a
factory In Portland.
The announcement made last week of
transcontinental race from New York
to Seattle has aroused enormous interest
In motor circles. The fact that the con
test has the indorsement of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition authorities and
that the finish line will be in the expo
sition grounds, lends to it an objective
point which many contests lack.
Already betting on the time that the
winner will take has commenced, promi
nent forecasters being of the opinion that
the winning car will reach Seattle In less
than 30 days. The distance by the short
est practical route Is 3900 miles, so a 20
day schedule would involve driving prac
tically 3u0 miles a day.
This mileage is possible In the East
where road conditions are good and
routes known, but when Wyoming Is
reached, with nothing but rutted trails to
mark the way, it will be good running
for any car that can leave 100 mileposts
behind It in a day's travel.
It is expected that the ocean to ocean
cont?st will be hampered by very few
rules, the object of the race being to
chow that tlie modern motor car, either
in the hands of the user or the profes
sional, can go anywhere and carry pas
sengers to any destination, no matter how
remote.
The cash prizes will be divided, $3000 to
the winning car; J15iX to the second car;
J.1000 to the third car; 500 to the fourth
car and J300 to the fifth car. A $2000
trophy will also go to the winning car
and in order that It may be altogether
in keeping with the event, a prise of $220
has been offered for the best design to be
submitted by artists of the Northwest.
It is planned that the race shall start
about May 15.
Efforts will be made to have another
tropny given for amateurs who drive their
own cars in this race, as an opportunity
has never been given amateurs to com
pete in a gruelling long-distance test ex
cept In competition with professionals.
Records on file with the bureau of tours
of the Automobile Club of America show
that the continent has been crossed on 17
different occasions. The year 19(0 was the
banner year for transcontlnentalists, when
Jark-Kin and Crocker In a Winton. Fetch
and Krarup in a Packard and Whitman
and Hammond In an Oldsmoblle, made
the trip from Saa Francisco to New York.
Whitman again crossed the continent in
1904, using a Franklin car and with
Carris as his companion.
In 1905 occurred the famous transconti
nental race between two Oldsmobiles, sur
named Old Scout and Old Steady. Huss
and Wlgle being matched In this event
against Megargel and Stanchfield. The
objective point of this race was Port
land. Or. Iater In the same year, Me
garf I, accompanied by Fassett. crossed
the continent in a Reo, returning in
195 by the southern route.
The ninth successful trip was made in
the Slimmer of 19i5 by Oehr and Can
tleld, who reached Wenatchee. Wash..
In a glide at the time that Whitman and
Carris, veteran of the 1204 trip, started
from San Francisco to come to New
York in a Franklin. .Little and Haggerty
also Joined the Transcontinental Club in
IS", driving a Buick.
The year 1X7 was an off year and the
possibilities of transcontinental touring
were not revived until 1908. when a
Thomas, Zust and De Dion crossed the
country.
J. M. Murdock, in a Packard, came
East from Los Angeles during the past
Summer, while H. ' A. Hover came over
tlie road frdm Seattle In a Maxwell.
Last Summer also saw the round trip to
San Francisco consummated. F. W. Work
and C. J. Maxson crossing In an Oldsmo
bile. F. A. Trtnke Journeyed from Detroit
to San Francisco and from Detroit to
New York also during the past year.
The information culled from these Jour
neys !s now being digested and the route
offering the least resistance will be se
lected for the contest for the Guggen
heim trophy, K being hoped that a new
record for speed across the continent will
be established.
IT WAS IAZT LARRY HJOrE
Renowned 61ugger and Captain Had
Little Ambition to Begin With.
Tim II urn an e. In the Cincinnati En
quirer, has the following on Napoleon
Lajoie, the leader of the Cleveland Amer
ican League club:
Woonsocket. R. I.. Is the spot on the map
where Napoleon Lsjote saw the light of day
Jut S years a no. and If you ahould visit
thie old-fashioned town at the present time
you would soon realise what baseball can
and has done for one modest cltixen.
A short time iio I spent a pleasant eve
ning In ths old town with a croup of youn
men who practically crew up with the
Cleveland baseball star, and here are a few
facts I gleaned from the fanning bee:
Though French-Canadian In descent Larry
was born and reared In a section of the
town ruled over by the hardy sons of the
Celtic race. By the way. at the present time
the French-Canadians hold ths balance of
power In Woonsocket, with one of the num
ber, the highly respected Governor of Little
Rhody. In the early days, however. It was
worth a Frerfi-h-Canadlan boy's existence to
be found In the section ruled over by the
Peep-O-Day boys, and Napoleon Lajoie was
ever counted as a loyal follower of his
adopted section.
The spirit lor athletic feats was tem
pered by contact with a race famous as
record breakers In every line of athletic
contest they chose for a recreation.
The ball fields around Woonsocket were
rough and little used, and most of Lajole's
playing was at odd times on Saturdays and
Sunday afternoons, sometimes with scran
teams, but mostly taking a crack at the
ball tossed up by one of the boys. Now and
then Larry would drop out to the old race
track and drive the ball over the fence to
set the crowd to -talking, and mark the
spot, but Napoleon cared Uttls for the game.
Lack of ambition. Then. too. he was not
wise to the fact that there was big money
in the business, and he was forced to earn
a living, and was doing a dally atunt in a
lumber yard when the first chance to pick
up a little money for playing baseball came.
"We bad a game arranged with the Mill
ford Club, made up mostly of high school
boys, but found one of the boys could not
IRVINGTON TENNIS
CLUB. TO EXPAND
Plans to Broaden Scope to
Take in Greater Social and
Civic Activities.
WILL REORGANIZE AT ONCE
Additional Property to Be Bought
and Clubhouse to Be Enlarged
and Improved Life Slcmber-
ships Are to Bo Sold.
if the nlans of the Irvington Tennis
Club materialize, as is expected, the club
will soon be reorganized and will be
. , , - 1 1 a ..,1 ttfM nf that
wnn ins nt'ii'w -
district of the city lying adjacent to It,
clubhouse and grounds. This has more than
ever been apparent during the last four
years, and the organisation has now reached
a point where tt can no longer fill Its Place
without addition, equipment and somewhat
of a reorganization.
An option has been secured on 75 per cent
of the stock of the Irvington Improvement
Association, the present holding company,
at a price equal to considerable less than
par. It is therefore the plan to purchase
or retire all of the stock, thus leaving the
present property entirely free from debt ana
the title to rest In a new organization to be
formed In accord with state regulations.
Such organization to receive a perpetual
charter from the State of Oregon and to
provide that the property shall only.0
used for the purposes as Indicated and snail
never be hypothecated or in any way holtlen
for a financial obligation.
An option has also been secured on eight
lots north of the present property, wh ch
takes In the entire block, the price of which
has been placed at the exceptionally low
figure of $5000. It is the plan to purchase
this additional property to be used as a
Fiark and playgrounds. At no distant timo
t would be the plan to erect swings, a
handball court and any other attraction de
sired by the members.
The present clubhouse represents .an ex
penditure of about :itK0, with furnishings
amounting to about $1000. The plan would
I ne to ma ko ido cuimtA V '
size of the main room, and add many ad'H-
ticnai reaiures. uicic ....
a billiard room and bowling alley, as well
as a reading-room, all of which would be
open at all times for the pleasure and con
venience of the members.
The present facilities for serving lunches
and light catering would also be greatly en
larged, so that regular meals might be had
If desired. A competent steward would be
in charge, with such additional help' as
might be necessary to render service to
members. The charter would provide that
any and all Intoxicants be prohibited.
In order to complete these plans It will
take about 15.00O. divided as follows: The
present outstanding stock of the Irvington
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The accompanying cut is from a photograph of the hospital ambulance motor venicle sold through the
J B. Kellev agency to the Edwacd Holman Undertaking Company. The car is being built by the White
Company, Cleveland. O., and is the first of its type sold this side of the Mississippi River. The vehicle pro
vides for four patients and four attendants, including drivers, and is one of the most complete and remark
able vehicles yet built by motor-car manufacturers. A number of similar vehicles of the same make have
been purchased of the 'White Company by the Government Hospital Service. The cost of this vehicle is
15000. Motor-cars of this description are not kept in stock, but have to be built to order, and on this account
the vehicle will not arrive In Port land to be exhibited at the Automobile Show on March 8 next.
take the trip, so Larry was suggested." said
the young man who claims the honor of
bringing Lajoie to the front. "I went down
to a place that Lrry hung out at on Fri
day evening and asked him If ha would
play with us the next day. I was given a
cold reception, and Larry answered: 'No. I
am working down In the lumber yard and.
can't afford to lose my day's pay.'
" 'What are you getting?'
'One dollar and a half a day.'
" tvell, you will only lose half a day, and
we will give you 75 cent.'
" 'AH right." answered Larry, TU be
there.
"The next afternoon we piled Into an old
coach and rode to Milford, where Larry was
the whole show, playing second, base and
hammering the ball all over the lot every
time that he faced the pitcher. From that
out Napoleon I.aJole was the- talk of the
fans around this part of the state, and is
highly esteemed for the way he has taken
advantage of his golden opportunities in
life."
MEET WILL BE BIG ONE
COLUMBIA GAFFES ARE SET FOR
APRIL- 17.
Oregon and O. A. C. Are Among
Schools Already Sending Xotlce
They Will IIavj Entries.
Preparations for the Columbia Univer
sity indoor track meet are in full swing,
and indications are the competitors will
be considerably more numerous than
last year, according to F. W. Black, who
is undertaking; the duties of organiza
tion In connection with Director Gavin.
Saturday, April 17, has been selected as
the date for the meet, and there has
already been a gratifying response to
the Invitation for entries. Among the
colleges that have already signified their
Intention of sending teams are the Uni
versity of Oregon. Oregon Agricultural
College and McMlnnvllle College. The
directors hope to hear from Whitman
College within the next few days and
expect that this institution will be well
represented.
The Multnomah Club and the Y. M. C.
A. will likely have the strongest list of
entries in the city. Forrest Smlthson
will have charge of the club activities,
and till his return, no definite plans can
be made. At the association, it was
learned that the running men would or
ganize this week.
In addition to the open events 'there
will be a special series of academic
events, open to entrants from the high
schools of the state. Lincoln High
School Intends putting in a strong track
team, but replies have yet to come from
the majority of the schools.
Fred Walby, the clever little Norwegian
long-distance runner, is keeping in train
ing in the hope that the Marathon craze
will strike Portland. The time Walby
made at Seattle, practically an hour
longer than that of Hayes at London,
showed up badly in comparison with
other times for the distance, but the
horrible condition of the track should be
taken into consideration.
Being made of soft clay Just three
days before the race, and then lightly
sprinkled with cinders, the track, after
a night's rain, was a morass into which
the runners sank ankle deep. While the
original Marathon and each of its record
breaking successors were run on the
open road, the time made on a gruelling
track, three laps to the mile, cannot be
held up as a fair comparison. Pros
pective entrant for such a race in Port
land are unanimous In wishing that It
may be run in the open, with possibly
Just the start and finish on a prepared
track.
known as the Irvington Club. The club
is not to drop tennis, but wiii broaden" out
on lines that will make it one of the
finest Institutions in Portland.
Last week the Board of Directors
met and elected the following officers:
President. Lloyd J. Wentworth; vice
president, Ralph W. Wilbur; secretary
treasurer, Frank Rowe. These officials
constitute a committee which, with the
assistance of the directors, will have
charge of the reorganization plan. They
expect to take up this task during the
coming week.
The plan embraces much hard work,
but the object assures successful co-operation
of all the members, as well as
the citizens of Portland in general. Ac
cording to the plans of the club, it is de
sired to acquire .additional property and
to Improve and enlarge the clubhouse as
well as the present facilities of the club.
A feature that Is expected to win the co
operation of the public, especially the
residents of the East Side, is the pro
posed Installment of a public playground
for children on a portion of the property
to be acquired. The prospectus of the
proposed Improvement and the objects of
the expansion are set forth In the fol
lowing announcement sent out by the
club:
For ten vears oast the Irvington Tennis
Club has been more or less closely associated
Improvement Association amounts to $10.
OiHi. Of this, much has already either been
donated or offered in exchange for life
membership as hereafter stated. It Is esti
mated that between $5000 and $6000 will
purchase and retire- all of the present
stock.
The purchase of ths additional eight lots
would require $J000. The rebuilding' and
further equipping of the clubhouse would re
quire $5000.
The present membership of the. club. In
cluding Juniors, is about 200. The capacity
of both grounds and clubhouse are taxed,
but with the enlarged building and addi
tional land we can accommodate at least
double our present number. It is the plan
to offer for sale 120 life memberships at
$100 each. Such a membership would en
title one to all the privileges of the club
without dues whatsoever, and to be non
transferable. Stock In the Irvington Im
provement Association will be taken In lieu
of cash, and while trtere has been no can
vass made, there are now 20 lifo member
ships spoken for. A canvass would b made
of all residents of this .part of the city of
Portland asking for subscriptions on behalf
of this enterprise and there can doubtless
be raised several thousand dollars in small
amounts of from $10 to $50. An increase
of 2O0 members will sdd $2000 more.
The options on both land and stock are
held by William F. Woodward. Walter M.
Cook and Walter A. Goss, as trustees, and
expire January 1. 1910.
Aeronauts Plan Race Details.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 27. Albert Bond
Lambert and H. . E. Honeywell, St.
Louis aeronauts, today announced their
Introductory Sale of Ladies' Suits for Spring, 1909
Ladle
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nits
Beginning on Monday Morning Will Be
On Special
Sale at
.85 Until Lot
Is Sold
Entrance on Yamhill Street, Near Second
New Model Tailored
Spring Suits
Just received by express, direct from the best fashion
centers not an old suit in the lot on sale at an ex
traordinarily low price. It will not be duplicated else
where, that's certain. It is the height of audacity to
place these fine suits 150 in number on sale at this
low figure thus early in the season but that's the
Gevurtz way, to do the unusual, the different thing.
These values should fill our Ladies'. Apparel Depart
ment with enthusiastic bujers early Monday morning.
Special sale will continue until entire lot is disposed
of whether one, two days or entire week.
These suits have the new sleeve effect and graceful long
lines of original model, with the elaborate pockets on
many of them extending to the back. They actually equal
any $30.00 garment shown elsewhere this season; newest
weave materials in best colorings black serge, novelty
striped serge, plain tailored faded cadet, Panama, Prus
sian blue, faded old rose, moss green, bottle green, chic
ory, artichoke, olive, coal dust, burgundy, mustard and
mode a selection of shades sufficient to suit the most
exacting. Coats are lined with peau de cygne, guaranteed
satin and taffeta silks in colors to match; 33 to 40 ins. in
length; plain tailored or novelty collarless styles, with Ben
galee silk fancy braid trimmings; skirts the new French
flare, plain or trim'd to match ; sizes for women and misses.
Do not for an instant associate these clever models with the ordinary specials offered else
where, for our regular priees will be found much lower than those quoted by the exclusive
Soak and suit houses. Our operating expense, are much less and profits need not be so great
A cordial invitation is extended to you to visit this department and investigate the values
offered at this special sale.
Gevurtz So Sorts
First and Yamhill
Second and Yamhill
entry as a team In the first annual
championship balloon race of the Aero
Club of America. The race Is to start
from Indianapolis June 6. They will
use a balloon of 80.000 cubic feet.
CUBA'S BIG IMPROVEMENT
Census Shows Gains in Population
and Education.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 Nearly 67
per cent of the population of Cuba, at
least 10 years of age, can read, the per
centage in the large cities being 82.6 and
in the rest of the island 47.9, according
to figures obtained in the census recently
taken. This census shows that in 1907
almost one-third of the- children were
attending school, as compared with less
than one-sixth In 1895. Between 1899
and 1907, the population of the Island In
creased from 1,572.797' to 2.048,980, or
more than 30 per cent. Havana, the
largest city, has a population of 297.159.
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Eastern Oarsmen Would Have
Westerners in Regatta.
SEND WINNER INVITATION
DR. J. M. PEEBLES, "WITH HIS SECRETARY, V. SVDAU
Dr. J. M. Peebles, the celebrated traveler, lecturer and author, who is on his sixth trip around the
world, and who has completed a series of five lectures in Portland recently. Is an enthuiast as regards
traveling in motor cars. Dr. Peebles is 86 years old, and one of his most famous books is entitled "How to
Live 100 Years and Grow Old Gracefully." The doctor Is seen seated in a Winton Six, accompanied by
Emmet Harris. . With the chauffeur Is seated U. Sudal, Dr. Peebles' secretary, who will long be remem
bered by those' who have been fortunate enough to hear his splendid tenor voice.
Poughkeepsie Place for Pacific
Champions Any Time Winning
Team Will Make Trip Sea
Bon's Work Starts Again.
BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 27. (Special.)
Eastern college men, and especially those
who take an active interest in rowing, are
greatly disappointed at recent announce
ments from the Pacific Coast that there
la little likelihood that the winners of the
Pacific Coast collegiate championship be
tween the California, Stanford and Wash
ington varsity eights will come East to
tackle the Eastern college eights at
Poughkeepsie.
The Intercollegiate Rowing Association
has long been anxious to give the West
erners an opportunity to row upon the
Hudson River, to test their strength
against the crews of Courtney, Ten Eyck,
Ward and other famous Eastern rowing
coaches In the annual regatta in June. The
boom that college rowing on the Pacific
Coast has been enjoying in the past few
years has not passed unnoticed in tlie
East.
When the time conies that the winning
crew of the California-Stanford-Washing-ton
combination feels that it can bear the
expense of an Eastern trip to tackle Cor
nell, Syracuse, Columbia, Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin on the Hudson River, it is
certain that a -warm welcome will await
the oarsmen. If the Intercollegiate Row
ing Association had any fixed Income, it
is practically certain that it would stand
ready to bear a certain percentage of the
expenses for the sake of having the West
erners in the annual regatta.
All of the Eastern crews are just start
ing practice for the objective regatta of
the year. .With the single exception of
Yale, all the work is thus rar oelng uone
upon the machines and in the rowing
tanks indoors, but at Yale the varsity and
freshmen candidates alike went out on
the harbor in open water this week, and
at Harvard Coach Wray hopes to have
his varsity crew on the Charles River by
the end of next week.
It is pretty early in the season to be
making any predictions, but the sentiment
In the East is that the University of Wis
consin's varsity eight will bear a whole
lot of watching and will take a whole lot
of beating this year. Syracuse and Cor
nell are likely to be the fighting factors at
Poughkeepsie again. Coach Courtney at
Cornell, last season, spent most of his
time quelling several incipient dissensions
over crew management and in order to
carry his point and to show to the oars
men and to the world that he was master
of the situation at Cornell, several of the
best oarsmen were kicked bodily off the
crew. This year some of those who In
curred Courtney's displeasure are back
again, working very meekly under his ln
structions for the success of the crew.
Neither Columbia nor Pennsylvania, the
other two universities to be represented
at Poughkeepsie, can be given serious con
sideration. Columbia, with no football In
the Fall to furnish the sinews of war for
the oarsmen, has been crippled financially,
and the students' Inability to raise the re
quired $5000 last Fall prevented any Fall
practice. Seml-occaslonally for years th
tip has been out to watch Pennsylvania,
yet the fact remains that It has been
years since an eight from Pennsylvania
has won at Poughkeepsie. Some are in
clined to blame Coast Ellis Ward for this,
others declare that football and track ath
letics get the pick of the men, leaving few
physically sound candidates for the crew.
At Yale rowing affairs are admittedly
in a chaotlo condition, and those high up
in Yale's rowing councils freely .predict
that In the future Yale can hardly expect
much more than an even break with Har
vard so long as the present policies are la
vogue at Cambridge. Once Yale was re
garded as supremo upon the water, but
now Yale Is no longer feared by Harvard.
The only Eastern institution making any
effort at rowing Just now is Annapolis,
and there the rowing is confined to inde
pendent races with the Navy crew pre
vented by the authorities from competing
in the Poughkeepsie regatta in which they
were seen to such good advantage two
years ago. The Navy will row during the
season, Columbia, Syracuse and probably
Pennsylvania, the race with Harvard
having been canceled.
HAS PASSED FOUR SCORE
Harrisburg IJeoident, Aged 86, Is
Still Vigorous in Mind and Body.
HARRISBURG. Or., Teh. 27. (Special.)
Samuel R- Scott, aged S6, Is one of the
sturdy pioneers of Oregon. He was born
at Salntclareville. Belmont County, Ohio,
In 1823. When 22 years old he went West
to New London, la. In 1SS0 he crossed
the plains on his way to the gold fields
of California, where he was fairly suc
cessful. He returned to Iowa in 1S51. The
Spring of he started across the
plains with his family In company with
the emigrant train organized by Captain
A. A. McCully at New Iindon. Ia. This
train arrived in the Willamette Valley
August 11, 1S.t3. Mr. Scott wa allured to
Josephine County by the favorable re
ports coming from the mines of that
county.
In IS'iS he was elected to represent
Josephine County in the last territorial
legislature of Oregon. He became a mem
ber of Belt Lodge. No. 12. A. F. and A.
M. in 1862 and was frequently Its repre
sentative in the grand lodge. In 1869 he
removed to Salem where he accepted a
position in the Kinney & Sons flouring
mills. In 1S72 his wife died. He continued
his service with the milling company until
18S4, when lie purchased a farm on Mis
sion Bottom in Marlon County, which he
conducted successfully for 15 years. Since
then he has made his home with his
daughter, Mrs. Emma Sabln who was
the llrst white child to be born m Jose
phine County.
Mr. Scott at this time is feeble in
body but vigerous in mind and active
for a person of SO years. He is able to
recite the details of his strenuous life In
helping to establish tlie commonwealth of
Oregon.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Ir. Horn, the optician, Sd floor Swet
land bldg.. guarantees satisfaction or
money refunded. No fancy prices.
The Gregory Idea,
tion 3.
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